The Holland Flash Butt Welder provides the following features and benefits:

• Welding long strings of rail (up to 400m).

• Continuous and Pulse Flashing.

• Built in shearing devise with independent drive to remove upsetmaterial and flash without reclamping the rail. Permits closure welds while rail is under tension

• Suspension shearing system for internal shear die for higher production non-closure welding.

• Universal electrodes for various rail types.

• Stable and consistent weld quality.  High tensile strength and toughness of welds including high strength and alloyed rails.

• High productivity, possibility to weld heavy rail sections (60 –70 kg/m) in 120 – 180 seconds using Pulse Flash process.

• Minimum rail consumption.

• High mobility of welding head due to low weight and compact dimensions.

• Rail center line alignment along the head and profile at clamping to preset limits.

• Computerized control system.

• Computerized monitoring system, that provides a determination of weld acceptability. Detailed analysis printed on conclusion of each weld.

Benefits of Flash Butt Welding compared to Thermite:

• Reduces maintenance costs
• Faster installation
• Lowest life cycle cost
• Saves track time
• Eliminates corrugation
• No weld filler material
• Smaller heat affected zone
• Smaller annealed zone
• Consistent hardness
• Highest fatigue resistance
• Average life equal to the rail
• 25% savings over thermite